Running for, with and sometimes away from my family

working mummy

Since I returned to work after my third and final maternity leave I have felt like life has just sped up. Like I’m living the same day over and over at the same time as being bombarded with never ending, mundane and taxing demands, intermittently interrupted by moments of heart meltingly wonderful monkey moments and … [Read more…]

Now I love a bit of stationery. New pens, pencil cases, pencils, post it notes. Oh the excitement. But the queen of all stationery for me is the notebook. The new clean crisp pages. Ready for my careful pen strokes, ideas jotted down, experiences recorded, to do lists compiled and neatly crossed off. The possibilities … [Read more…]

Here I am in Day 2 of my two week head and home declutter. I started with high aspirations for a major sort out. Sadly three things happened which have immediately caused me to scale back my expectations. Let’s not forget how pointless a plan is, especially in my life. 1) Maybe I’ll just have … [Read more…]